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three weddings in the next two months one of them is in chicago one is in waterville and then the other one is in columbus so two of them are well technically all three of them now are out of town

for me but destination weddings i love going to waterville for a destination wedding well at least

in toledo the waterville one uh i have a place to stay so i don't have to worry about like a hotel there but it's still you know gas money and all that but the the one in columbus and the one in chicago it's gonna cost me a lot of money by the time i get out there i don't know if i'm flying yet to chicago or if i'm driving but either way that's going to be pricey and then to drive down to columbus and back and get hotel rooms i just i have a question because i'm going to be spending so much money i'm curious what is the etiquette or the standard when it comes to getting a gift when you go to out-of-town weddings because i'm spending so much money to be there is it also expected for me to spend money to attend isn't it the same as if you went to a wedding here in town you gotta buy a gift i don't i don't know i say yes but i know a lot of people i don't i just It would feel weird not giving the same.

I think there's a difference between an out-of-town wedding and a destination wedding. Like, I think if the wedding was like in the, you know, the Virgin Islands or whatever, like that. Like, where you're going to, like, some place, like some exotic place that was going to cost a lot of money. Then I could see you saying, all right, well, I spent all this money for this. And I know you are spending money to go out of town. But if you're going to Columbus or you're going to Chicago.

Well, Chicago is roughly $300 a night for a hotel room and $100 a night to park. And I have to go for four days. Why are you going for four days? There's events the night before I have to be at, the actual day of the wedding, the day after the wedding. There's events that I've got to be at. And then I really want to see Ellen for one day that's not the wedding.

Okay, okay. I feel bad for every guy who has to be dragged to these weddings and sneak watching college football on his phone. Y'all picked the worst time for weddings, bro. Like, football is about to be on. I don't want to sit in this hot-ass taxi, though.

Get married at a time where it's just baseball. Exactly.

All three weddings are on Friday, too.

Oh, Fridays are not bad, then.

And I have to use vacation days.

Fridays are better to have them than Saturdays when it's, like Kev said, college football.

Yeah. Saturdays are for the boys, not for the marriages. I think when it comes to gift giving, I always prefer to be as intentional as possible. And intentionality doesn't always mean a higher price tag. So I think if you know your friend and you can get them something that says, I know you, that'll feel better to them than just, you know, the X amount of dollar gift.

Well, I also think the dollar gift of a wedding has gone up because the price of a wedding has gone up.

For sure. I mean, people are charging tickets to go to weddings now. Which is nuts to me.

Let's ask Dawn. Hi, Dawn. What are your thoughts on this one?

Are they feeding her? Are they feeding you, Megan? They are. Then you need to bring a gift. Okay. It's all about food.

So if I don't eat, I don't have to bring a gift? You need to bring a gift, Megan. Bring a gift. I'll get McDonald's on the way there, dude.

What if it's just charcuterie boards? If it's just a charcuterie board, then you don't give a gift?

Then the gift is really cheap from the dollar store, but still bring a gift.

Yeah. But I think Megan's point is, and I agree with you, I think she needs to bring a gift. But Megan's point is that she's going to have to spend a lot of money to get there. Does her gift then change based on how much money she has to spend compared to other people that live in town and just get to drive from their homes to go?

I mean, for me, it would be a pride thing. Do you want them to open a crappy gift and remember you always as the crappy gift giver? Or do you want to be proud in what you're giving these people that you love enough to go all the way there for their wedding?

But don't they also think, oh, wow, my friend loves me enough to spend over $1,000 to go to my wedding?

Do they think that?

They probably won't even remember that you were there.

Yeah.

That's not true. That's not true.

If they don't remember, then don't give them a gift. They won't remember that you brought the band.

I feel like as crappy as this sounds, it's like if you are given the choice of saying yes or no to going. But you don't have a choice. You do have a choice to not go. You do have a choice to not go. No.

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Nobody's forcing you to go. But what does that mean for the relationship of the friendship?

No, I agree with you. But what I'm saying is they are giving you, like, I feel like you have to show up to a wedding with a gift. And they are giving you the choice. If they know that you have to travel, like, I don't think that they could be mad at you if you don't come. They'd have to understand that that's a big undertaking for a lot of people. You know, even if it's not to the Virgin Islands, like he said, it's expensive.

A couple of texters actually comment on that. Destination weddings to exotic locations do not require gifts according to most etiquette. That's interesting. I have not looked that up, but so fact check that. And then a couple of other people that are texting in and saying that, Megan, if you are going to Chicago, it's cheaper to fly there and take Ubers than it is to park. Parking is expensive. Abby, what's going on? It's Mojo in the morning. Does Megan have to bring a gift to an out-of-town wedding? Or does her gift have to be so nice?

If it's an out-of-town wedding, then the couple has to travel back, too. And they don't want to fly with your fake presents. So you can just get them a gift card.

No, they live there. Yeah. Yeah, the people live in Chicago and Columbus now. That's why they're having it there.

But get on something juicy and heartfelt and say you couldn't afford to check it back.

Nikki, what's going on? It's Mojo in the morning.

Hi. I'm sorry, Megan. I think you have to buy a gift. I do. Even though you're spending so much money and it sounds like this is one of your best friends, you do have to give a gift because I feel like that money, I've always been told, really goes towards the venue. right so if you're rsd paying to go it's kind of like contributing to that so they're paying for

their venue based off of the cash uh gift that you're giving i mean like i always give gifts on

like per plate right like if you're if you're gonna be eating a plate then you should give a

gift yeah um i know a lot of weddings i know certain cases with some of the ethnic weddings That's what they look at.

They look at making their money back off of how much they're spending. I never thought of that when we were getting married at all. What's up, Tom? How you doing?

I'm good. What is it? First time caller, long time. That's it. Nice to have you on.

You wanted to comment?

Yeah. She's flying out to a place. I actually just came from my sister-in-law's wedding. I went to Dubai. And I bought, like, gold and stuff. But you can just give, like. You bought gold. Wait, you want gold to give as a wedding gift?

He's in Dubai.

Megan, this might be your date. Yeah, I'm Bengali, so traditionally we give gold and gold. Wow.

I just think we're in different tax brackets.

Tom. I'm not a rich guy.

I got obligations.

Tom, would you like to be Megan's plus one at her wedding?

Please.

No way, and my wife would kill me. Okay. That's amazing. What did a Dubai cost? That had to be expensive to go to Dubai.

If you plan ahead, $1,000 round trip, and the five-star hotels are really cheap. They're, like, $100.

Wait, why does it cost the same to go to Dubai as it does to Chicago?

That's amazing. Liz, what's your advice for Megan?

Can you stay in a suburb of Chicago rather than the city itself?

The only thing that sucks with that, because that would make it cheaper, like, hotel-wise, is it would be more expensive car-wise.

Yeah.

you know um but what what do you mean you're still driving into park yeah it's super hard to drive in the city we went we went to a wedding a couple like 20 years ago and we did that we

stayed the summer uh one of the other things too is because my son lives in chicago a lot of times people are airbnb in places that have a parking spot which is a one way to save too can i tell you one of the greatest things ever is when you find out somebody's getting married but they're going to have a family-only small wedding when they do that you're like oh thank you jesus what's

up jackie how you doing hey good morning how are you mojo good what's going on you want to help megan with this yeah just some friendly advice as a an 80s kid is i don't know if she's a millennial i don't remember her age but she sounds pretty young but thank you know it's kind of like an entitlement age bracket oh i take that back never mind well whatever it is it's like you're saying my gift is that i'm here and the fact is a wedding it's like it's like a birth and a funeral hopefully it happens once not always but if you're going be remembered for something you gave like one of the callers i heard said make it meaningful or maybe uh someone kind of said it but just make it meaningful you know what i mean and if it's not expensive that's fine no one's really looking at the price unless you know some people say cash gifts only don't know we have gifts so if she's accepting we're not gifts or are you doing experience with her while you're there say this is my gift to you and your your new hubby you know we're gonna do something together just make it something she'll remember because it's hopefully once in a lifetime and it's not anymore

jackie it's funny that you say that you think that i come from the entitled generation when And I feel like the standard used to be if you were traveling, then you didn't have to get a gift. No, I agree with you. I'm bringing this up to confirm that it's still an obligation. But back in the day, if you came from out of town and you had to pay for a hotel and you had to fly in or whatever it was, it was not expected for you to get a gift.

Yeah. And nowadays, a card's $10.

I mean, it's crazy. That's true. I know.

Charlotte, what's up? Last call.

Hi. Right. So, Megan, you're already spending all this money to travel to these weddings. I don't think you should get any gifts. And if you really want clarification on that, it sounds like these are really good friends of yours. So you can always talk to them and say, hey, I don't want to sound like a penny pincher here, but I'm really spending a lot of money to be there for you on your special day and spend time with you guys and celebrate that I don't have the extra cash.

See, I would never do that. I would just hope that they thought they misplaced your card. Yeah, just pretend. Actually, you know what you do? Here's what you do. You look for cards with cash in it. You open it up, pull their card out, throw it away, put the cash in your card, and there you're golden, Megan.

I love that.

You like that idea better, Shirley?

I don't know. I think you're spending a lot of money, Megan.

Yeah, so don't bring a guess?

That's just how I do.

Don't bring a guess.

All right.

I'm with her. I like her because she's the only one that says she's going to call back and say she must be from that other generation.

Megan, she's the best. And don't you forget it. This is Mojo in the Morning. They've taken over cities before, but this July, they're bringing the X Games League Championship.

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